Department of Emergency Medicine

Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine Fellowship

Offering a rich array of practice opportunities and mentorship in all key domains of Social Emergency Medicine, including clinical care, research, administration, education, and advocacy.

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Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine Fellowship

Offering a rich array of practice opportunities and mentorship in all key domains of Social Emergency Medicine, including clinical care, research, administration, education, and advocacy.

Program Overview

Vision: Create a rigorous and sustainable fellowship program that will attract top emergency medicine residency graduates and develop them into national and global leaders in Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine.

Mission: Prepare fellows for successful careers in Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine by providing training, mentorship, and practice opportunities within climate change, health care sustainability, and environmental medicine through the domains of clinical care, research, education, and community engagement.

Overview: The Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine Fellowship within the Department of Emergency Medicine at Brown University Health and affiliated with the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University provides advanced training on the impacts of a changing planet on our patients and health systems. Fellows will engage in a rigorous two-year curriculum during which they will complete an advanced degree (Master’s of Public Health, Diploma in Climate Change, or Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine) while providing clinical care at sites within Brown University Health.

The fellowship program focuses on the following domains: (1) clinical care, (2) research, (3) education, and (4) community engagement. Within this framework, fellows will conduct scholarly work to investigate and mitigate the negative impacts of climate change on individuals and communities. Furthermore, fellows will develop an understanding of the environmental impact of health systems and craft innovative solutions to reduce carbon emissions, waste production, and environmental degradation.

The Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine Fellowship was designed to provide fellows with the necessary training to directly impact clinical practice, health systems, and public health within Rhode Island and the New England Region. The fellowship program aims to connect fellows with community partners with a solutions-oriented framework.

A unique component of the Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine Fellowship is that it includes opportunities for candidates interested in wilderness medicine who might also have an interest in climate change and sustainability. Fellows can design a curriculum that allows for wilderness excursions and advanced training alongside scholarly opportunities in environmental medicine.

Graduates from the fellowship will be national and global leaders in climate change, sustainability, and environmental medicine. They will provide evidence-based guidance on clinical practice, conduct innovative research, create new educational offerings, and team with community partners to enact impactful change.

Fellowship Objectives

Clinical Care

Research

Education

Community Engagement

Fellow Requirements

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Deliverables

Provide excellent medical care to patients on shift, acting as role models and effective instructors for trainees (including medical students and resident physicians)

Complete an advanced degree (Master’s of Public Health, Diploma in Climate Change, or Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine)
Complete four of the following educational activities for each year of fellowship (eight total): SIM Session, Residency Didactic Lecture, Residency Journal Club Facilitator, WAMS Eco Faculty Advisor, Wilderness Medicine Interest Group Advisor, Wilderness Medicine Elective Course Leader, MedWars Planning Committee, WAMS Ultrasound Instructor, Doctoring Community Mentor. Additional activities will be approved at the discretion of the Fellowship Director.
Attend at least five Division of Social Emergency Medicine or Division of Global Emergency Medicine meetings each year (ten total)
Apply for two grants to support research or educational initiatives. At least one submission must be for an external grant outside of Brown University/Brown University Health
Develop a novel educational curriculum or submit a manuscript to a peer-reviewed journal
Leadership position in a national organization (MSCCH, PHA, SAEM, ACEP, WMS) or within the Planetary Health Initiative (Brown University)
Attend at least one national course: Advanced Wilderness Life Support, ACEP Teaching Fellowship, SAEM ARMED or ARMED-MedEd. Additional activities will be approved at the discretion of the Fellowship Director.
Present research or an educational initiative at two national or international conferences
Lead one service learning opportunity for students at Brown University (undergraduate, medical students, resident physicians)
Implement a hospital-based project on sustainability and waste reduction
Membership in at least one of the following: the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), Wilderness Medicine Society (WMS), Planetary Health Alliance (PHA), or the Medicine Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)
Complete Annual CITI Training
Attendance at the GME-REST course (5 sessions over 2 years)

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Salary & Funding

How To Apply

Graduates of accredited residency programs with demonstrated commitment to Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine will be considered. Please direct any questions to:

Kyle Denison Martin, DO, MA, MPH, Director, Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine Fellowship
Kyle.Martin@BrownHealth.org

Wendy Wesley, Program Coordinator
WWesley@BrownHealth.org

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Director

Kyle Denison Martin, DO, MA, MPH, DTM&H

Assistant Professor, Teaching Scholar, Division of Global Health, Division of Social Emergency Medicine, Director, Fellowship in Climate Change, Sustainability, and Environmental Medicine, Rwanda Site Coordinator

Affiliated Faculty

Katelyn Moretti, MD, MSCTR

Co-Lead, EM Journal Club; Climate Change and Healthcare Sustainability Program Coordinator, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Alison Hayward, MD, MPH

Coordinator, Global EM Education, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Teaching Scholar
Victoria Leytin, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Nathaniel Oz, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Elizabeth Sutton, MD

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine & Medical Science, Clinician Educator
Heather Rybasack-Smith, MD, MPH, NRP

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Clinician Educator
Selim Suner, MD, MS

Director, Division of EM Disaster Preparedness; Director, Brown Advanced Emergency Medicine Academies (BAEMA), Professor, Emergency Medicine, Surgery & Engineering, Teaching Scholar
Siraj Amanullah, MD, MPH

Director, EM Residency Research & BAEMA Fellow Research Education, Director, PEM Fellow Research Education, Professor, Emergency Medicine, Pediatrics, and Health Services Policy & Practice, Teaching Scholar

Duration:	2 years
Structure:	non-ACGME approved academic fellowship; employed by Brown University Health
Formal Education:	Master’s of Public Health (Brown University), Diploma in Climate Change (University of Colorado), or Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (Wilderness Medicine Society)
Clinical:	A total of 768 clinical hours/year (approximately 16 hrs/wk with 4 weeks of vacation/CME). Implement a hospital-based project on sustainability and waste reduction
Research:	Mentorship and practice opportunities in research study design and implementation, grant writing, and manuscript preparation. Advanced training opportunities, including Advanced Wilderness Life Support, ACEP Teaching Fellowship, SAEM ARMED or ARMED-MedEd.
Administration:	Leadership position in a national organization (MSCCH, PHA, SAEM, ACEP, WMS) or within the Planetary Health Initiative (Brown University)
Education:	Educational activities with medical students and the emergency medicine residency program at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. Examples include participation in the following: SIM Session, Residency Didactic Lecture, Residency Journal Club Facilitator, WAMS Eco Faculty Advisor, Wilderness Medicine Interest Group Advisor, Wilderness Medicine Elective Course Leader, MedWars Planning Committee, WAMS Ultrasound Instructor, Doctoring Community Mentor
Policy & Advocacy:	Optional participation in the Rhode Island Medical Society (RIMS) Planetary Health Committee.
Community Engagement	Develop partnerships with community organizations to address the health impacts of climate change on individuals and communities within Providence, Rhode Island, and the New England Region. Lead one service learning opportunity for students at Brown University (undergraduate, medical students, resident physicians)